Revising and Editing

Last summer, my family and I camped by the Mississippi river.

• change family to Family
• change I to me
• change river to River
• The sentence is correct.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

Mom surprised us all when she declared, "let's all go get pizza!"

• Delete the quotation marks
• Change let's to Let's
• Remove the comma after declared
• The sentence is correct.

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Joseph said he knew his uncles had thrown a party for theirselves.

• Change knew to new
• Change thrown to threw
• Change theirselves to themselves
• No change is needed.

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CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

Mrs. Watson said that our class would go on a field trip on March, 2 2015.

• Delete the comma after March and insert it after 2
• Add quotatiion marks before our and after 2015.
• Delete the comma after March
• The sentence is correct.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

The Pledge of Allegiance is an important part of our monday morning assembly.

• ^{Change important to more important}
• Change an to a
• ^{Change monday to Monday}
• The sentence is correct

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

"I love to read about animals" said Matthew, as he settled down with his new magazine to read. 

• Add a period after animals
• Add a comma after animals
• Change said to Said
• No change is needed

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

Quickly I headed for the kitchen. Mom was making my favorite dinner in the kitchen.

• Quickly I headed for the kitchen, Mom was making my favorite dinner.
• I headed quickly to the kitchen because Mom was making my favorite dinner.
• I headed quickly to the kitchen and Mom was making my favorite dinner.
• Quickly I headed to the kitchen, then Mom was making my favorite dinner.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1G

When my Dad handed me the bottle of ketchup, I shook it thoroughly to mix it.

• Change shook to shaked
• Change bottle to bottel
• Change Dad to dad
• The sentence is correct as written

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2E

CCSS.L.K.2D

CCSS.RF.1.3C

CCSS.RF.2.3A

CCSS.RF.2.3B

At Mariah's school, there are several book's written in Spanish.

• Change book's to books
• Change Mariah's to Mariahs'
• Change Spanish to spanish
• The sentence is correct

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

Michael used colored pencils for the art project. Liam used paints for the art project. 

• Michael used colored pencils for the art project, and Liam used paints.
• Michael used colored pencils for the art project, Liam used paints for the project.
• Michael used colored pencils for the art project and Liam used paints. 
• Michael used colored pencils for the art project then Liam used paints for the art project.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B